# 片

| 片 | U+7247, &#29255; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7247 |
| ← 牆 [U+7246] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 版 → [U+7248] |
| ⽚ | U+2F5A, &#12122; KANGXI RADICAL SLICE |
| ← ⽙ [U+2F59] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽛ → [U+2F5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

片 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中中一中 (LLML) or 中中一弓 (LLMN), four-corner 2202$_7$, composition ⿰丿⿱丄𠃍)
* Kangxi radical #91, ⽚.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/片
* 𰁨, 𠯯, 𫭡, 𭖎, 扸, 沜, 𭤬, 㭊, 𤕰, 䏒, 𤰽, 𭽌, 𥞄, 𥩜, 𥸺, 𧈼, 𧦓, 𨐏, 𣶁, 𬫄, 𩢝, 𧌨, 魸
* 𠛁, 𢦤, 𣂔, 㲏, 覑, 𧣉, 𬷃, 𪚖, 𡵫, 𩂌, 𨳭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 692, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19813
* Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2014, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7247

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 片 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 爿 | *braːn, *zaŋ |
| 片 | *pʰeːns |
| 沜 | *pʰaːns |
Mirror image of 爿 (OC *braːn, “piece”), which is the pictogram of a bed.
Shuowen: half of 木 (“wood; tree”) to denote “to pare; to slice”; but this interpretation is not based on oracle bones and bronzes.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): piàn, piān (pian$^4$, pian$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ, ㄆㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pian$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pin$^3$ / pin$^{3-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pen$^1$ / pen$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pien$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phién / phien
    (Meixian, Guangdong): piên$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): pie$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): pi̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): piéng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phìⁿ / phiàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): piang$^3$ / piêng$^3$ / pin$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$phi / $^5$phie
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pienn$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piàn
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^4$
*** Yale: pyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piann
*** Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piànr
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piànr
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: pyànr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piall
*** Palladius: пяньр (pjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piān
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pian
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^1$
*** Yale: pyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
*** Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pianr
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: pyānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pial
*** Palladius: пяньр (pjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pian$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pian
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɛn⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pin$^3$ / pin$^{3-2}$
*** Yale: pin / pín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pin$^3$ / pin$^{3-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pin$^3$ / pin$^{3-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːn³³/, /pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pen$^1$ / pen$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰen³³/, /pʰen³³⁻³³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pien$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɛn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phién / phien
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien$^ˋ$ / pien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^3$ / pian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en³¹/, /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: piên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰiɛn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pie$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰie⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pi̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: piéng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɛŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phìⁿ / phiàn
*** Tâi-lô: phìnn / phiàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phvix, phiexn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰĩ²¹/, /pʰiɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰĩ⁴¹/, /pʰiɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰĩ²¹/, /pʰiɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ¹¹/, /pʰiɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ²¹/, /pʰiɛn²¹/
* phìⁿ - vernacular;
* phiàn - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit片 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰian⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰian⁵³/ 膠～ /pʰian⁴⁴/ 相～兒 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰian²¹/ 影～ /pʰian⁵³/ 量詞 |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰiã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰiã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰian³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰiã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰiã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰiɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰiɛn³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰian¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰiɛ̃²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰien⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰiĩ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰie⁵³/ 字～～ /pʰie⁴⁵/ 一～ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰie̞⁵³/ 名片 /pʰie̞³⁵/ 女陰 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰie⁵³/ 藥～子 /pʰie⁵⁵/ ～面 |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰiɪ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰiẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰe³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰiɛ⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰiẽ⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰiẽ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiɛn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰien³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰien³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰin³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰin³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰin³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰian²¹/ /pʰĩ²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰiɛŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰiŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰiaŋ²¹³/ /pʰĩ²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fin³⁵/ /fi³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phenH
Rime :
| Character | 片 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 普麵切 |
| Baxter | phenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰien$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | piàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤe[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 片 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | piàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰˁe[n]-s/ |
| English | half; partial |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 片 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9740 |
| Phonetic component | 片 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 片 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰeːns/ |

### Definitions

片
* thin piece; flake; slice
    片子 ― piànzi ― flake, small piece
* film; TV play; photograph; record
    影片 ― yǐngpiàn ― film, movie
    片子 ― piānzi ― film, movie, film reel
** (specifically) film (form of mass media); movie (Classifier: 部 m; 套 c)
    賀歲片／贺岁片 [Cantonese] ― ho$^6$ seoi$^3$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― Chinese New Year film
    動作片／动作片 ― dòngzuò piān ― action movie
    片商 [Cantonese] ― pin$^{3-2}$ soeng$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** (by extension, Cantonese) video (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    去片 [Cantonese] ― heoi$^3$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to play a video
* (medicine) tablet
* (dialectal) diaper; nappy (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    幫BB換片／帮BB换片 [Cantonese] ― bong$^1$ bi$^4$ bi$^1$ wun$^6$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to change diapers for the baby
    纜片／缆片 [Cantonese] ― laam$^6$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to wear a diaper
* part of a place; area
* (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language
    廣府片／广府片 [Cantonese] ― gwong$^2$ fu$^2$ pin$^3$ [Jyutping] ― Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese)
* to slice; to carve thin
* (Cantonese) to fight
* (Cantonese) to throw something along its thin side
    片石仔 [Cantonese] ― pin$^{3-2}$ sek$^6$ zai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― stone skipping
* (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to squeeze into a gap
* (Cantonese) bribe
    收片 [Cantonese] ― sau$^1$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to collect bribes
* partial; incomplete; one-sided
    片面 ― piànmiàn ― unilateral, one-sided
* Classifier for flat objects such as leaves, pieces of paper, slices, etc.
    一片麵包／一片面包 ― yī piàn miànbāo ― a slice of bread
* Classifier for small nonspherical medicinal objects such as pills, tablets.
* Classifier for tracts of land and areas of water.
    From: 1984, 梅艷芳, 似水流年 (sìshuǐliúnián)
    mong$^6$ zoek$^6$ hoi$^2$ jat$^1$ pin$^3$, mun$^5$ waai$^4$ gyun$^6$, mou$^4$ leoi$^6$ jaa$^5$ mou$^4$ jin$^4$ [Jyutping]
    Gazing at the sea, tired, without tears or words
* Classifier for CDs, movies and DVDs.
* (used with numeral 一) Classifier for scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds.
    From: 1983, 陳百強, 偏偏喜歡你
    wai$^6$ ho$^4$ ngo$^5$ sam$^1$ jat$^1$ pin$^3$ hung$^1$ heoi$^1$ [Jyutping]
    Why is my heart a tract of emptiness?
* (Teochew) Classifier for doors and windows.
* (Hakka, Teochew) side
    東片／东片 [Teochew] ― dang$^1$ pin$^3$ [Peng'im] ― east; east side
    許片／许片 [Teochew] ― he$^2$ pin$^3$ [Peng'im] ― there; that side

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 視頻 Mainland China, 影片 Taiwan, 視訊 Taiwan |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 影片 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 影片, 片 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 視頻 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 尿布, 尿片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 尿布 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 尿布, 褯子, 尿褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 尿布 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 褯子, 㞎㞎褯子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 褯子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 褯子, 尿布 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 潑潑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 褯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 褯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屎布子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 屎布 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尿布, 墊子, 褯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尿褯褯, 尿布 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 尿布, 褯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 尿布 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尿布, 褯褯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 尿褯子, 褯褯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 尿片片, 尿片, 尿片子, 片片兒, 尿布 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 尿片兒, 片子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 尿布, 片子, 尿片子, 㞎㞎片子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 尿片, 片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 尿布 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 尿布 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 尿布, 尿片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 尿布 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 尿布 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 尿布 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尿布, 尿溺子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 尿片, 屎片, 片 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 尿片, 屎片, 片 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 屎布 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 尿片, 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 屎布 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 屎片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 屎布 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 尿布, 紙布 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 尿片 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 尿布 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 尿片 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 褯片 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 褯仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屎片布, 屎片 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尿帕, 尿裙, 屎帕, 屎裙, 尿布, 屎片 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屎片, 尿片 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 屎片 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 屎片 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 尿布 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 尿布 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屎跌子, 尿片 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尿裙仔, 尿墊仔, 尿布 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尿布仔, 尿布, 尿片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尿裙, 尿布 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尿裙, 尿墊, 尿布 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尿裙, 尿墊仔, 尿布 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尿裙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尿片 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 尿片 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屎布, 尿褯子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 屎布 |
| Jin | Linhe | 尿布 |
| Jin | Jining | 尿布 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 尿布, 屎布 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 尿布 |
| Jin | Handan | 尿布, 屎布 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 尿塊, 尿托仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尿套 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尿苴, 尿燥, 尿帕 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 尿燥, 尿帕 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 尿燥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 尿苴, 尿帕 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 尿帕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 尿苴仔, 尿帕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 尿苴仔, 尿帕仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尿苴, 尿帕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 尿苴仔, 尿帕仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 尿苴仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尿帕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尿苴 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 尿苴 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | lampeng |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 尿巾, 冰薄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 尿燥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 尿布 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尿幅, 幅 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 尿片, 尿蔭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 尿掩 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 尿片, 屎片 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 尿布 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尿布 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尿布 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尿布 |
| Wu | Danyang | 尿布 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 單爿兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尿衲布, 尿衲, 衲, 衲爿 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尿片 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尿布, 片 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 褯子布, 褯子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 片子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扇, 道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 扇兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扇 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 扇兒, 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 扇兒, 扇, 道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扇, 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 扇, 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扇, 道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 度 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 度 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扇 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 扇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 扇, 皮 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 隻 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 扇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扇, 道 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 扇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 扇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 片, 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 片 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 片 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 片 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 奇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 片 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 扇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扇 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 扇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扇, 張, 隻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扇 |
* (disc): 碟 (dié), 碟片 (diépiàn)

### Compounds

* 一片 (yīpiàn)
* 一片丹心
* 一片冰心 (yīpiànbīngxīn)
* 一片婆心
* 一片宮商 / 一片宫商
* 一片散沙
* 一片汪洋
* 一片痴心
* 一片真心
* 一片石
* 一片聲 / 一片声
* 一片至誠 / 一片至诚
* 一片苦心
* 一片赤心
* 一鱗片甲 / 一鳞片甲
* 上片 (shàngpiàn)
* 三級片 / 三级片
* 丫頭片子 / 丫头片子 (yātou piànzi)
* 乾片 / 干片
* 乾篾片 / 干篾片
* 亂言片楮 / 乱言片楮
* 京片子 (jīngpiànzi)
* 亮片
* 來令片 / 来令片
* 保險刀片 / 保险刀片
* 倒片
* 像片
* 兩片罐 / 两片罐
* 冰片 (bīngpiàn)
* 刀片 (dāopiàn)
* 切片 (qiēpiàn)
* 切片檢查 / 切片检查
* 劇情影片 / 剧情影片
* 功夫片
* 動作片 / 动作片
* 動畫片 / 动画片
* 半日片刻
* 卡片 (kǎpiàn)
* 卡片目錄 / 卡片目录
* 卡片碼 / 卡片码
* 卡片軟體 / 卡片软体
* 古裝片 / 古装片 (gǔzhuāngpiàn)
* 吉光片羽 (jíguāngpiànyǔ)
* 名片 (míngpiàn)
* 吃瓦片兒 / 吃瓦片儿 (chī wǎpiànr)
* 咭片
* 哨片 (shàopiàn)
* 商業影片 / 商业影片
* 唱片
* 喜劇片 / 喜剧片
* 喉片
* 回片
* 國片 / 国片 (guópiàn)
* 圖片 / 图片 (túpiàn)
* 土篾片
* 大陸片 / 大陆片
* 娛樂片 / 娱乐片
* 安全刀片
* 寫實片 / 写实片
* 寸善片長 / 寸善片长
* 尿片 (niàopiàn)
* 崑山片玉 / 昆山片玉
* 布面相片
* 幻燈片 / 幻灯片
* 底片 (dǐpiàn)
* 彈片 / 弹片 (dànpiàn)
* 彩色正片
* 彩色片
* 影片
* 戰爭片 / 战争片
* 打成一片 (dǎ chéng yīpiàn)
* 投影片
* 批頭竹片 / 批头竹片
* 拉大片
* 拉洋片 (lā yángpiān)
* 拓片 (tàpiàn)
* 拍片
* 抹片 (mǒpiàn)
* 拉片兒湯 / 拉片儿汤
* 捲煙畫片 / 卷烟画片
* 接片
* 故事片
* 數位唱片 / 数位唱片
* 數字唱片 / 数字唱片
* 斷片 / 断片
* 明信片 (míngxìnpiàn)
* 晶片 (jīngpiàn)
* 木偶影片
* 木片 (mùpiàn)
* 根椽片瓦
* 梨花片
* 歌舞片
* 正片
* 毛片
* 洋芋片 (yángyùpiàn)
* 消炎片
* 港片 (gǎngpiàn)
* 激光唱片
* 灌唱片
* 火鏈片 / 火链片
* 照片
* 燕麥片 / 燕麦片 (yànmàipiàn)
* 爛片 / 烂片
* 片假名 (piànjiǎmíng)
* 片兒 / 片儿
* 片兒湯 / 片儿汤
* 片兒湯話 / 片儿汤话
* 片刻 (piànkè)
* 片刻不停
* 片刻不離 / 片刻不离
* 片口張舌 / 片口张舌
* 片名
* 片商 (piànshāng)
* 片善
* 片善小才
* 片場 / 片场 (piànchǎng)
* 片子
* 片岩 (piànyán)
* 片心
* 片接寸附
* 片斷 / 片断 (piànduàn)
* 片晌
* 片時 / 片时 (piànshí)
* 片柳子
* 片楮
* 片段 (piànduàn)
* 片瓦根椽
* 片瓦無存 / 片瓦无存
* 片甲不回 (piànjiǎbùhuí)
* 片甲不存 (piànjiǎbùcún)
* 片甲不留 (piànjiǎbùliú)
* 片甲無存 / 片甲无存 (piànjiǎwúcún)
* 片皮鴨 / 片皮鸭 (piànpíyā)
* 片石千鈞 / 片石千钧
* 片紙隻字 / 片纸只字
* 片言 (piànyán)
* 片言一字
* 片言折獄 / 片言折狱
* 片言立決 / 片言立决
* 片言隻字 / 片言只字
* 片言隻語 / 片言只语 (piànyánzhīyǔ)
* 片許 / 片许
* 片語 / 片语 (piànyǔ)
* 片語隻字 / 片语只字
* 片語隻辭 / 片语只辞
* 片長 / 片长
* 片長末技 / 片长末技
* 片長薄技 / 片长薄技
* 片雲遮頂 / 片云遮顶
* 片霎
* 片面 (piànmiàn)
* 片頭 / 片头
* 片鱗半爪 / 片鳞半爪
* 片鱗碎甲 / 片鳞碎甲
* 片麻岩 (piànmáyán)
* 玉蘭片 / 玉兰片 (yùlánpiàn)
* 瓦片 (wǎpiàn)
* 生魚片 / 生鱼片 (shēngyúpiàn)
* 畫片兒 / 画片儿
* 病理切片
* 相片
* 相片光碟
* 短片 (duǎnpiàn)
* 矽晶片
* 碟影片
* 碟片 (diépiàn)
* 磁片
* 磁碟片
* 立體影片 / 立体影片
* 篾片 (mièpiàn)
* 篾片相公
* 簧片 (huángpiàn)
* 系列片 (xìlièpiàn)
* 紀錄片 / 纪录片
* 紙尿片 / 纸尿片 (zhǐniàopiàn)
* 紙片 / 纸片 (zhǐpiàn)
* 翻版片
* 膠片 / 胶片 (jiāopiàn)
* 膠片書籍 / 胶片书籍
* 花片 (huāpiàn)
* 茫茫一片
* 葉片 / 叶片 (yèpiàn)
* 萼片 (èpiàn)
* 薄片 (bópiàn)
* 薄片子
* 薄片子嘴
* 藥片 / 药片 (yàopiàn)
* 蘇州片 / 苏州片
* 蝦片 / 虾片 (xiāpiàn)
* 裂片
* 裂片生殖
* 製片 / 制片
* 西片
* 西部片 (xībùpiàn)
* 試片 / 试片
* 負片 / 负片
* 賀年片 / 贺年片
* 跑片
* 軟片 / 软片 (ruǎnpiàn)
* 郵片 / 邮片
* 鈣片 / 钙片 (gàipiàn)
* 錄像片 / 录像片
* 錦片 / 锦片
* 錦片前程 / 锦片前程 (jǐnpiànqiánchéng)
* 鋼片琴 / 钢片琴 (gāngpiànqín)
* 鏡片 / 镜片 (jìngpiàn)
* 鐳射唱片 / 镭射唱片
* 鐵片 / 铁片
* 鐵片大鼓 / 铁片大鼓
* 開片 / 开片 (kāipiàn)
* 阿片 (āpiàn)
* 附片
* 隻字片言 / 只字片言
* 隻字片語 / 只字片语
* 隻言片語 / 只言片语 (zhīyánpiànyǔ)
* 雅片 (yāpiàn)
* 雅片鬼
* 雪片 (xuěpiàn)
* 雲片糕 / 云片糕 (yúnpiàngāo)
* 電子卡片 / 电子卡片
* 雷射唱片
* 電視影片 / 电视影片
* 音樂片 / 音乐片
* 預告片 / 预告片
* 類比唱片 / 类比唱片
* 飲片 / 饮片
* 首輪片 / 首轮片
* 香片 (xiāngpiàn)
* 高調照片 / 高调照片
* 魚片 / 鱼片
* 鱗片 / 鳞片 (línpiàn)
* 鴉片 / 鸦片 (yāpiàn)
* 鹹片 / 咸片
* 麥片 / 麦片 (màipiàn)
* 黑白影片
* 默片

### Descendants

* → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɛːnᴮ¹
** Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜐𑜫 (phiñ)
** Lao: ແຜ່ນ (phǣn)
** Northern Thai: ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ
** Shan: ၽႅၼ်ႇ (phèn)
** Tai Dam: ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙ
** Tai Nüa: ᥚᥦᥢᥱ (phǎen)
** Thai: แผ่น (pɛ̀n)

### References

* “片”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “Entry #1225”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* (かた): one of a pair, one-sided
* (ひら, きれ): slice
* slight, a little
* (ペンス): pound sterling

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
* Kun: かた (kata, 片, Jōyō)、ひら (hira, 片)、きれ (kire, 片)、ペンス (pensu, 片)

#### Derived terms

* 刀(かたな) (katana)
* 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana)
* 片(かた)道(みち) (katamichi)
* 片(かた)思(おも)い (kataomoi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 片
* かた Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kata-. First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720.
Alexander Vovin asserts it's a loanword from Old Korean; compare Old Korean 一等 (*HAton, “one”). However, Vovin's source for the Koreanic term is a document that is over 500 years newer than the first Japonic mention; it would have to be an even earlier borrowing into Japanese.
Japanese sources describe this as cognate with 方(かた) (kata, “side, direction”). However, the pitch accents differ: compounds starting with 片 show <LL-> accent in the Heian period, in contrast to 方, which is recorded with a <HL> accent instead, suggesting no direct relationship between the two.
Alternatively, 肩(かた) (kata, “shoulder”) might be a more likely cognate given that term's matching <LH> accent and compounds also indicating homonymy: compare 傾(かた)げる (katageru, “to tilt, to incline”), 担(かた)げる (katageru, “to carry on one’s shoulder”). Also, accent comparison might support that this word derives from the verb root 勝(か)つ (katsu, “to win; to tend to”) or 搗(か)つ (katsu, “to pound”) (both have an <L-> accent), and adverb 且(か)つ (katsu, “besides; moreover; also; and”) which has an <LF> accent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ta̠]

### Prefix

片(かた) • (kata-)
* [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) one side or part of a pair or larger set
    片(かた)手(て)、片(かた)身(み)
       katate, katami
       one hand, one half of the body
* [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) one-sided
    片(かた)思(おも)い、傾(かたむ)ける
       kataomoi, katamukeru
       one-sided thoughts / unrequited affection (as between two people), to lean to one side
* [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) incomplete, partial, small
    片(かた)山(やま)、片(かた)時(とき)、片(かた)笑(え)む
       katayama, katatoki, kataemu
       a small mountain, a short time, to smile slightly
* [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) leaning or trending that way (emphasizing the quality of the prefixed noun)
    片(かた)田舎(いなか)
       katainaka
       the remote countryside
* [from 720] (prefixed to a verb, archaic) frequently, intently, earnestly
    片(かた)設(ま)く
       katamaku
       to focus intently on doing one thing

### References

* ↑ “片”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ “片”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

片 (eumhun 조각 편 (jogak pyeon))

#### Compounds

* 가편 (歌片, gapyeon)
* 강편 (鋼片, gangpyeon)
* 골편 (骨片, golpyeon)
* 과편 (過片, gwapyeon)
* 금속편 (金屬片, geumsokpyeon)
* 기편 (器片, gipyeon)
* 녹편 (錄片, nokpyeon)
* 단편 (斷片, danpyeon)
* 동편 (銅片, dongpyeon)
* 명편 (名片, myeongpyeon)
* 목편 (木片, mokpyeon)
* 박편 (薄片, bakpyeon)
* 빙편 (氷片, bingpyeon)
* 석편 (石片, seokpyeon)
* 설편 (雪片, seolpyeon)
* 세편 (細片, sepyeon)
* 아편 (阿片, apyeon)
* 양편 (陽片, yangpyeon)
* 엽편 (葉片, yeop'pyeon)
* 와편 (瓦片, wapyeon)
* 우편 (羽片, upyeon)
* 은편 (銀片, eunpyeon)
* 음편 (陰片, eumpyeon)
* 일편 (一片, ilpyeon)
* 일편단심 (一片丹心, ilpyeondansim)
* 잔편 (殘片, janpyeon)
* 철편 (鐵片, cheolpyeon)
* 파편 (破片, papyeon)
* 파편폭탄 (破片爆彈), papyeonpoktan)
* 편각 (片刻, pyeon'gak)
* 편간 (片簡, pyeon'gan)
* 편고 (片孤, pyeon'go)
* 편뇌 (片腦, pyeonnoe)
* 편도 (片道, pyeondo)
* 편련 (片戀, pyeollyeon)
* 편리 (片利, pyeolli)
* 편리 (片理, pyeolli)
* 편마암 (片麻巖, pyeonmaam)
* 편무 (片務, pyeonmu)
* 편문 (片聞, pyeonmun)
* 편수 (片手, pyeonsu)
* 편시 (片時, pyeonsi)
* 편심 (片心, pyeonsim)
* 편언 (片言, pyeoneon)
* 편영 (片影, pyeonyeong)
* 편육 (片肉, pyeonyuk)
* 편저 (片楮, pyeonjeo)
* 편정 (片釘, pyeonjeong)
* 편족 (片足, pyeonjok)
* 편지 (片紙, pyeonji)
* 편편 (片片, pyeonpyeon)
* 편편금 (片片金, pyeonpyeon'geum)
* 화편 (花片, hwapyeon)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

片: Hán Nôm readings: phiến, phiện
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